[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Sangha gathering on Sun, Nov 5: Defining our mission

Hi friends,

It's not too late to join for a gathering this Sunday to help shape Downtown Dharma's mission and direction. Our beloved sangha member and volunteer, Audrey Voorhees, has kindly volunteered to facilitate us through several interactive exercises. 

Here are the details:

● When: Sunday, Nov 5, 10am to 2pm (including time for shared lunch)
● Where: Mt Pleasant DC (1613 Harvard St NW), or by Zoom
● How: Please RSVP here.

Please don't hesitate to come if you're new to the group: we want to hear from all perspectives! We have some decisions to make in the next few months and we are hoping that this exercise helps guide our direction. 

Nick and Vince are kindly hosting this session and offering a homemade lunch to those attending in person (vegan homemade chickpea peanut stew). Feel free to bring something in addition, or just bring your lovely self!

Again, please RSVP here so we know how many chairs to set up!

With love,

Kavya

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] This Sunday with Downtown Dharma Sangha: Taking Refuge in the Three Treasures

The starting point of Buddhism is the idea that everyone suffers and that suffering is part of the world. Buddhism offers a way out: we can loosen the grip of our suffering by taking refuge in the universal Treasures: the ideal offered by the Buddha, the Dharma practice of wisdom and compassion, and the community of Sangha. Come take refuge with us Sunday evening!

Taking Refuge in the Three Treasures

Facilitator ~ Mark Stone

Sunday, 10/29/2023, 7:00 - 8:30 PM ET

Downtown Dharma Sangha

In-person: 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC

Online: Zoom ID: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

  

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The Zoom link for Sunday's Sangha is https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

with METTA (loving-kindness),

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Inner Peace in an Unpeaceful World

Travis Spencer <tspencer@iaam-dc.org>: Oct 20 06:16AM -0700 Inner Peace in an Unpeaceful World   Facilitator ~ Satyani McPherson   Sunday, 10/22/2023, 7:00 - 8:30 PM ET   Downtown Dharma Sangha   In-person: 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC   Online: Zoom ID:   Peace is not just about the absence of conflict … true peace does not exist until there is justice, restoration, forgiveness. Peacemaking doesn't mean passivity. It is the act of interrupting injustice without mirroring injustice, the act of disarming evil without destroying the evildoer; the act of finding a third way that is neither fight nor flight but the careful, arduous pursuit of reconciliation and justice. It is about a revolution of love that is big enough to set both the oppressed and the oppressors free."   ~ Shane Claiborne,   Common Prayer:   A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals     [image: A person holding a book Description automatically generated]

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Inner Peace in an Unpeaceful World

Inner Peace in an Unpeaceful World

Facilitator ~ Satyani McPherson

Sunday, 10/22/2023, 7:00 - 8:30 PM ET

Downtown Dharma Sangha

In-person: 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC

Online: Zoom ID: 

Peace is not just about the absence of conflict … true peace does not exist until there is justice, restoration, forgiveness. Peacemaking doesn't mean passivity. It is the act of interrupting injustice without mirroring injustice, the act of disarming evil without destroying the evildoer; the act of finding a third way that is neither fight nor flight but the careful, arduous pursuit of reconciliation and justice. It is about a revolution of love that is big enough to set both the oppressed and the oppressors free."

~ Shane Claiborne, 

   Common Prayer:

   A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] An Evening with Downtown Dharma Sangha: Dukkha as Mud for your Lotus

Dukkha as Mud for your Lotus

Downtown Dharma Sangha

DATE:  10/15/2023  TIME: 7:00 - 8:30 PM

Location: Online  Zoom ID: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

Facilitator- Travis M. Spencer 

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"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar."― Thich Nhat Hanh

"Whenever you doubt your self-worth, remember the Lotus Flower. Even though it emerges from the mud, once it blooms and breaks the surface of the water, the lotus flower is entirely unmarked by the dirt that surrounds it."https://claytonmicallef.com/the-lotus-flower-and-the-mud-of-life/

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Young Adult Daylong Offering - Oct 22nd

Hello Dharma Friends,

I wanted to come on and say thank you to the community and share an offering - A Young Adult Daylong Retreat on Oct 22nd. 

DESCRITION: During this Daylong Mindfulness Retreat, we will come together with others in the same young adult phase of life to share in sangha (community). 

The theme this time is finding joy and flow along the path.

This Daylong Mindfulness Retreat will include

·         Guided meditations

·         Dharma talks

·         Periods of supportive silence

·         Opportunities to share in small groups and connect with others

·         Mindful movement

 

Date: Sunday October 22, 2023

Time: 9am - 5pm - snacks, tea, coffee, and water provided but please bring your own lunch

Location: Blueberry Gardens Healing Center 237 Ashton Road, Ashton, MD 2086. Note this is not metro accessible but I will be organizing ride sharing for those that sign up. It is wheelchair accessible.

Registration Required as there is limited space. Please register using this google form. 

Dana (donation) based

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] This Sunday - Mindfulness and Social Stability

Dear dharma friends,

Wishing you all well this weekend. Looking forward to being together tomorrow night for meditation, teaching and community - 7-8:30pm at Yoga District (1910 14th St NW, 3rd Floor) and via Zoom. In addition to our Sunday sits, check out some upcoming opportunities to gather together, including the IMCW Picnic Oct 28 (see attached flyer), and our sangha visioning session on Nov 5 (RSVP here). 

In preparation for these events, we'll discuss one of the Buddha's teachings on seven steps to creating healthy, thriving societies. Check out the full text here. TL;DR? 

1. Meet often 
2. and in harmony
3. make agreements and stick to them
4. respect elders
5. empower the marginalized
6. honor tradition
7. foster enlightenment here and now. 

So let's get to it :) See you soon.

Shawn

Attending In Person
If you are attending in person, you will need to do the following:

a) Register through the Yoga District sign-up link -- scroll way to the bottom for (14th street) Sunday 7pm.

b) Submit proof of boosted vaccination to yogadc@yogadistrict.com or present it in person at the studio.

c) Masks optional for this class.

d) Arrive 10 minutes early (6:50 pm) to check-in. (Since we staff these events ourselves, the doors will be locked at 7:10 pm and unfortunately, there will be no one at the desk to admit latecomers.)

 

We ask everyone to register and submit proof of boosted vaccination ahead of time to avoid delays. Class is held on the 3rd floor, up two flights of stairs. 

 

Attending Online

Click here to join the zoom meeting

Meeting ID: 466 237 117

Passcode: 546447

Join by phone: (646) 876 9923 US (New York)

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] October DD Book Club - Friday, Oct 27 - IFS

Dear friends (and all the parts that make you all),

 

For October's Downtown Dharma Book Club, we will be discussing Internal Family Systems (IFS).  

• Specifically, the podcast where our very own Josh Malina interviews the creator of IFS, available at  https://spotify.link/jF3PT0YgqDb.  
• We also have a book - No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model - available at, https://a.co/d/38OxI10.  

So if you have a bit of time, just listen to the podcast; if you have more, also read the book.  

 

I have the honor of hosting the gathering.  Please note that it will be at 6PM on Friday, Oct 27, which is a departure from our typical Saturday.    My apartment is located in Adams Morgan at: 1901 Biltmore St NW. 

 

Please RSVP by signing up:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jGyNrmSFGBz2B26Y8BzWhZVyHULzdulErSfkiSJ7BX8/edit?usp=sharing. Let's cap attendance at 11 as my place is cozy, and will need room for all our parts.  Just one sign up per person :) 

Last, if you would like to join remotely, please ping me and we can organize a link.  

 

May you be well, 

-Roman 

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Re: [Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Right Livelihood Event: Tomorrow Night

Hi Vince! 

Many thanks for sharing - The link shows "Note: This event has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we will work to reschedule something with Darius. Thank you!"? 

If any updates, please Text me @ 202-768-8788. Thanks!

On Wed, Oct 4, 2023, 18:49 Vince Lampone <vince.lampone@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi friends,

FYI: I'm sharing the note below on behalf of B.I., a former sangha member who supports brilliant dharma programming for young adults.

Tomorrow night, you're invited to a special event, focused on a topic near and dear to many of us in DC—right livelihood! More info below (and attached)

https://www.dharma-gates.org/right-livelihood-in-practice

Warmly,

Vince

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Date: Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: Right Livelihood Event Tomorrow Night!

Hi friends,

My name is B.I. I am a former Downtown Dharma member and am very fond of this sangha and community.

I'm reaching out about an event the organization I work for is hosting tomorrow evening. The event is called Right Livelihood in Practice. It will be a 2-hour exploration of how meditation can act as a foundation for creating extraordinary value in the world and in our work. 

The event will be led by Darius Norrel, founder & director of People and Their Brilliance, an organization devoted to helping people change mindsets to create brilliant, more meaningful careers and vocations. Darius weaves together a lot of meditation experience (over 15 years) with experience helping people in their vocations. We believe the event will be rich, engaging and meaningful for everyone. Like all of our events, it is offered in the spirit of dana (generosity), and it's only for folks 18-35 years old. 

The event will be at Yoga in the Daily Life, a yoga and meditation studio in Alexandria, VA. We hope you will consider joining us and registering! And please pass along this flyer to friends who you think might be interested 🙂

With love and gratitude,

Benjamin // "B.I."

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Right Livelihood Event: Tomorrow Night

Hi friends,

FYI: I'm sharing the note below on behalf of B.I., a former sangha member who supports brilliant dharma programming for young adults.

Tomorrow night, you're invited to a special event, focused on a topic near and dear to many of us in DC—right livelihood! More info below (and attached)

https://www.dharma-gates.org/right-livelihood-in-practice

Warmly,

Vince

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From: Benjamin Haynes <benjaminhaynes8@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: Right Livelihood Event Tomorrow Night!

Hi friends,

My name is B.I. I am a former Downtown Dharma member and am very fond of this sangha and community.

I'm reaching out about an event the organization I work for is hosting tomorrow evening. The event is called Right Livelihood in Practice. It will be a 2-hour exploration of how meditation can act as a foundation for creating extraordinary value in the world and in our work. 

The event will be led by Darius Norrel, founder & director of People and Their Brilliance, an organization devoted to helping people change mindsets to create brilliant, more meaningful careers and vocations. Darius weaves together a lot of meditation experience (over 15 years) with experience helping people in their vocations. We believe the event will be rich, engaging and meaningful for everyone. Like all of our events, it is offered in the spirit of dana (generosity), and it's only for folks 18-35 years old. 

The event will be at Yoga in the Daily Life, a yoga and meditation studio in Alexandria, VA. We hope you will consider joining us and registering! And please pass along this flyer to friends who you think might be interested 🙂

With love and gratitude,

Benjamin // "B.I."

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] You're invited! Sangha gathering on Sun, Nov 5 (10am-2pm)

Hi friends,

Our beloved sangha member and volunteer, Audrey Voorhees, has kindly volunteered to facilitate our next community gathering on Sunday, November 5. We'll be following up on our most recent July gathering, in which we discussed ways to strengthen our community. (If you missed it, fortunately Brandel took outstanding notes, which you can check out here.)

Audrey will be leading us through a series of collaborative exercises to help us arrive at new mission and vision statements for Downtown Dharma. This is an exciting step for our sangha! 

We hope you can join. Here are the details:

● When: Sunday, Nov 5, 10am to 2pm (including time for shared lunch)
● Where: Mt Pleasant DC (1613 Harvard St NW), or by Zoom
● How: Please RSVP here.

Your presence matters, whether you've been with us for years, or are just getting to know the sangha.

Nick and I are happy to host. For those in person, expect a homemade chickpea peanut stew (vegan) for a community lunch. You're welcome to bring something else to share, or simply come as you are.

Again, please RSVP here so we know how many chairs to set up!

Warmly,

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